Another. (Sin.)

Sin is the cause of death; and sin's alone
The cause of God's predestination:
And from God's prescience of man's sin doth flow
Our destination to eternal woe.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

Robert Herrick

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Another. (Sin.)

Sin is an act so free, that if we shall
Say 'tis not free, 'tis then no sin at all.

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Sinners.

Sinners confounded are a twofold way,
Either as when, the learned schoolmen say,
Men's sins destroyed are when they repent,
Or when, for sins, men suffer punishment.

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Sin.

Sin once reached up to God's eternal sphere,
And was committed, not remitted there.

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Sin.

Sin never slew a soul unless there went
Along with it some tempting blandishment.

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Sin And Strife.

After true sorrow for our sins, our strife
Must last with Satan to the end of life.

Robert Herrick

Another. (Predestination)

Art thou not destin'd? then with haste go on
To make thy fair predestination:
If thou can'st change thy life, God then will please
To change, or call back, His past sentences.

Robert Herrick